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Edizioni EL
Einaudi Ragazzi
Emme Edizioni
Spring
2022
written by Giuditta Campello
illustrated by Arianna Cicciò
Four illustrated picture books to
read together with children, to mar-
vel at nature as it changes season af-
ter season.
Wonderful illustrations go with the
stories featuring woodland animals.
Hare, Tit, Squirrel and Hedgehog
are best friends, together they dis-
cover the beauty of nature and the
seasons through some little big ad-
It's Autumn, Hedgehog It's Winter, Hare ventures of everyday life in the wood.
They live moments of carefree hap-
English text Available English text Available piness and know how to take care of
each other in the worst of times.
Picture books
Hardcover, 32 pages
Age: from 3
Imprint: Edizioni EL
Rights Sold: Russian,
Simple Chinese
It's Spring, Squirrel It's Summer, Tit
published in May 2022
English text Available
1 PICTURE BOOKS 2 PICTURE BOOKS
Brif, bruf, braf Why does my mum
Gianni Rodari have to go to work
illustrated by Gaia Petra Sana
every day, instead
A picture book for everyone, young
and adult, to discover or rediscover of staying at home
the magic of imagination and the
power of words. A story for growing as my siblings and I
up, laughing, talking, joking, full of
games, imagination, and inventions. would like to?
Hands up who, as a child, has never
played at inventing their own lan- Gianni Rodari
guage, with funny words full of mu- illustrated by Chiara Carrer
sicality. No one? Then this motto
will become clear to everyone: Brif, One of the most important ques-
Bruf, Braf! tions for all children, which the au-
thor answers with depth and irony,
An amusing and ingenious tale in lightly revealing the beauty of grow-
which Gianni Rodari declares, once ing up.
Picture book again, that imagination is not just a Picture book A new, beautiful picture book by
game, but is what gives meaning to Gianni Rodari the winner of the
Hardcover, 32 pages Hardcover, 40 pages «Hans Christian Andersen» prize
Age: from 4
life and makes it wonderful.
Age: from 6 in 1970 and with wonderful illustra-
Imprint: Emme Edizioni Imprint: Emme Edizioni tions by Chiara Carrer.
English text Available
Gianni Rodari: a brilliant experi-
English text Available
menter, a revolutionary of words, a
poet, an activist.
3 GIANNI RODARI 4 GIANNI RODARI
Who am I? A mystery for Teo
Francesca D’alfonso the LiBEARian
An illustrated book for children Martina Orsi
from 3 years old, which invites emo- illustrated by Elisa Paganelli
tional awareness and encourages us
to embrace every experience that, A picture book for children from 5
moment by moment, contributes years old in a handy format, perfect
to creating our identity. A picture for reading with mum and dad. A new
book dedicated to curious young adventure of Teo the LiBEARian, in
readers and adult ones who want to a story about animals, friendship,
look at life with wonder and amaze- love, mystery.
ment. A picture book about growth,
emotions, feelings, identity, family. The Winter Library is about to reo-
Sweetness, shyness, surprise, joy... pen, but when Teo and Linda wake
up from their hibernation they dis-
How many emotions are there that cover that all the books have been
colour the lives of children? So stolen! Who will be the mysterious
many, and each one, big or small, thief?
Picture book remains forever.
Hardcover, 48 pages Picture Book
Age: from 3
Imprint: Emme Edizioni Paperback, 32 pages
Age: from 5
Imprint: Emme Edizioni
English text Available
Previous titles rights sold:
Turkish
5 PICTURE BOOK 6 PICTURE BOOK
Laugh, Romeo! Mystery Game
Otto Gabos Intrigue at Darkfield
Luca Tebaldi
Romeo is a complicated child who is
always on his own, prefers comics to illustrated by Francesca Rizzato
friends and above all never laughs.
His parents decide to take him to An illustrated fiction book for chil-
see a child therapist. There Romeo dren from 9 years who love mysteries
meets a girl in the waiting room and adventures and who will have to
who is just as problematic as he is. solve a mystery like real detectives. A
They hit it off immediately and one story accompanied by quizzes to fully
day, taking advantage of a moment immerse themselves in the story and
of distraction of their parents, the try to unravel the plot of a mystery.
two run off on a fantastic adventure
from which they will both return Double crime! After a daring theft, a
transformed. thief is found dead in a school. The
police question the headmaster, but
Dedicated to readers who want to the explanations do not convince
travel with their imagination in Davide and his friends, who believe
search of a story that is both enter- they have found a clue in their own
taining and profound. classroom... To try to help them,
A story about friendship, the beau- you must follow the story carefully
ty of diversity and the difficult but Novel / gamebook and use all your intuition and mem-
Illustrated novel beautiful path of life. ory.
The story of a child who appears Hardcover, 96 pages
Hardcover, 240 pages Age: from 9
Age: from 10
complicated and closed in his im- After the first volume: Mystery Game
aginary world but turns out to be a Imprint: Edizioni EL - Crime Misty Valley, a new puzzle to
Imprint: Einaudi
Ragazzi funny and sharp child. test your intuition and memory.
English text Available
A BOOK THAT IS
BOTH A STORY AND A
COMIC STRIP WHERE
ILLUSTRATIONS GO
ALONG WITH THE TEXT
7 MIDDLE GRADE FICTION 8 GAMEBOOK
Learning The secret
to be children of the forest
Angelo Petrosino Elisa Puricelli Guerra
illustrated by Sara Not illustrated by Angelo Ruta
A writer recalls his distant child- The magic of winter has no effect on
hood, so different from the one he Priscilla’s parents, not even when,
now writes about in his books. His on Christmas Eve, the family gathers
games, his school, and his family in an old mansion in the middle of
life were different. He was free, but a snowy forest. However, the atmos-
he worked to keep some money in phere is filled with mystery when old
his pocket. If he became ill, he was letters with a Polar Post stamp start
cured by magic. If he was hungry, to appear. Priscilla begins to chase a
he looked for food along the streets. story one that will open everyone’s
He learned early on not to be afraid hearts to wonder and make that time
of anything and fell in love with the of the year finally special.
stories the old people told him.
A poetic book, enriched with colour
Are the children of today the same as illustrations. A story about friend-
those of yesterday? How do their de- ship, family, imagination, discov-
sires, dreams and plans differ from ery, adventure.
Illustrated novel those cultivated by the children of Novel
yesteryear? A winter story for readers, young
Hardcover, 192 pages Hardcover, 80 pages and adult, who want to believe that
Age: from 8 A book for children and young peo- Age: from 8 enchanted kingdoms, treasure
Imprint: Einaudi ple who love the stories and adven- Imprint: Emme Edizioni hunts, special friendships, and epic
Ragazzi tures of their peers from a distant feats last “forever”, as in the best-
time, full of discoveries and surprises. loved stories.
English text Available English text Available
9 MIDDLE GRADE FICTION 10 MIDDLE GRADE FICTION
Good Bad The secret voices
Intentions of the trees
Carlotta Cubeddu and Cateri- Deborah Epifani
na Guagni
Who hasn’t wondered what their In the shadow of the Dolomites,
parents were like as kids? Giorgio, five friends organise a Halloween
15 years old, almost 3000 follow- party. But during the night, a ter-
ers and 0 friends, has never asked rible storm turns the event into a
himself this question. At least un- nightmare. The boys are isolated
til he found a notebook from 1996 and one of them, Lorenzo, is lost in
in which his mother Caterina, then the windswept forest. The only one
14, told her best friend Karl that she who can find him is the Man of the
wanted to blow up the family book- Woods, a strange and lonely fellow
shop. From that moment on, Gior- whom the boys fear...
gio tries to read every page of that
double diary to solve two mysteries: A profound and adventurous novel
who is this Karl, and what happened for boys and girls, which tells how,
to her? How is it possible that the thanks to friendship, even the great-
insecure Kat has become General est challenges can be faced, over-
Catherine? coming fear and difficulties.
Novel
A book for boys and girls who love Novel A story of great friendship, rebirth,
Hardcover, 192 pages mysteries, emotions, love stories and love for nature, which deals with
Age: from 11 and friendship. Hardcover, 192 pages one of the fundamental themes of
Imprint: Edizioni EL Age: from 12 our time: the fight against climate
Imprint: Edizioni EL change.
English text Available
English text Available
11 YOUNG ADULT FICTION 12 YOUNG ADULT FICTION
The bench The boarding school
of difficult things Eliselle
Linda Traversi Anna is 12 years old and has an im-
petuous character. Her large family
Stella has a great passion for art but has been torn apart by the war, and
also has a deformed hand that makes when the bombings of 1944 hit her
her feel different. In her family she home, she must move to a building
does not feel understood and at for evacuees, an eighteenth-century
school she is the target of derision villa far removed from the splen-
and mockery. The only world in dour of the era. There she befriends
which she feels accepted is the one Gabriella, a girl who sees ghosts,
she draws in her notebook of sea and clashes with Carlo, the leader
animals that welcome her thanks to of a gang of children. But when the
her “fin”. Until a mysterious bench Nazis break into the once idyllic set-
is installed in the communal park. ting of the former Nobles’ Boarding
Alongside Stella, on the bench, some School, she must overcome all dif-
neighbours begin to appear who are ferences and face a dangerous and
different in their own way: Gerry, a almost deadly challenge.
gentleman who walks around with an
80s stereo that only plays old mu- Novel A book for fans of mystery stories
sic compilations; Agatina, a retired who love legends about ghosts and
cook who prepares and freezes cas- Paperback, 256 pages the old, haunted houses that har-
Novel seroles for a family that never comes Age: from 12 bour them.
to visit her; and Emil, a young boy Imprint: Einaudi
Hardcover, 320 pages who is stunned by video games so he Ragazzi A novel dedicated to young readers
Age: from 13 has not to interact with a father who curious to discover the stories of
Imprint: Einaudi does not listen to him. English text Available grandparents and great-grandpar-
Ragazzi ents, custodians of memory, who ex-
A book for all young readers and, perienced the dramatic times of the
English text Available particularly, for those who feel 36 MORE TITLES war at first hand.
somehow unique and different from AVAILABLE in the
others.
THE SETTING IS THE SECOND
A delicate and profound novel about WORLD WAR AND THE TOPICS
diversity and the difficulty of accept- COLLECTION ARE RACIAL LAWS, WOMEN’S
ing oneself and being accepted. STRUGGLE, AND LIBERATION
13 YOUNG ADULT FICTION 14 YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Why do we Mario Lodi 1922 - 2022
insist on reading His stories have accompanied many generations of readers
in their childhood years.
(and having people He was a pedagogue and a teacher who played a major role in driving edu-
cation reform in Italy in the latter half of the 20th century. He wrote essays,
read) the classics? novels and best-selling children’s books inspired by his personal experience
at school.
Daniele Aristarco
If you are wondering why we insist on
reading the classics, the most sensi-
ble answer is this: because we like
to stay alive and fill the time we live
with new questions. If, on the other
hand, you are wondering if there is
a way to avoid the dislike of the clas-
sics, especially in young people, in
this book the author suggests some
simple and effective stratagems. Cipi Flag Cipi and The Hot
A book for lovers of the classics and Mario Lodi Mario Lodi Bandiera Air
those who cannot read them, but
above all for teachers who face the
illustrated by illustrated by on stage Balloon
Mario Lodi’s Mario Lodi’s
arduous and solitary task of explain- pupils pupils Mario Lodi Mario Lodi
Essay ing the classics in class every day. e Giorgio
Scaramuzzino illustrated by
Illustrated Illustrated
Angelo Ruta
Paperback, 80 pages Are there any «must-have» books? novel novel illustrated by
Age: from 11 How can we ignite a passion for the Paperback Paperback
Mario Lodi’s Illustrated
Imprint: Einaudi Ragazzi classics in young readers? pupils novel
160 pages 128 pages
Age: from 7 Age: from 7 Theatre play Hardcover
A book to rediscover the love for Imprint: Imprint:
English text Available 176 pages
great literature and to succeed in Einaudi Ragazzi Einaudi Ragazzi Paperback Age: from 7
passing it on to the younger gener- 96 pages Imprint: Einaudi
ations. rights sold: Age: all ages Ragazzi
greek, Imprint:
castilian, Einaudi Ragazzi
arabic, czech
Partial
English
text available
15 ESSAY 16 MARIO LODI
Three steps 120 titles available
A step-by-step challenge to learn to read.
The lettering, the length of the texts, the subjects:
The right story at the right time! I read a Winter story in...
Pizzeria "To Judit goes 5 minutes!
the three snails" for a walk Many stories to read in 5 minutes!
In a single volume.
Artichonzel The bookseller
of Niceport
Picture books, small format
Paperback, 40 pages
Age: from 5
Imprint: emme edizioni
Picture book
Rights sold: Castilian (Latin Hardback, 112 pages
America), simplified Chinese, Age: from 5
Dutch Imprint: emme edizioni
17 FIRST READINGS 18 FIRST READINGSFirst readings
A series dedicated to children who
are approaching reading on their
own for the first time. It also captures First Pages
the attention of the laziest readers,
thanks to entertaining stories with Leo the lion's mane
likeable characters and extraordi- Arthur the Unicorn
nary full-colour illustrations.
Two new titles for our iconic series
Ivan the terrible dedicated to those who want to start
reading on their own.
Cecco Mariniello Texts in CAPITAL letters.
An hilarious new story in the First Read-
ing series, perfect for the beginning
readers! Picture books, small format
A funny story about animals, friendship,
Picture books, small format growing up, nature, family. Paperback, 40 pages
A disobedient and wayward child aban- Age: from 5
Paperback, 48 pages dons his sister, parents, and runs away Imprint: Emme Edizioni
Age: from 6 into the woods. He becomes a wild boy,
Imprint: Emme Edizioni friend of bears and wolves, until the day
he meets his family again. More titles here
More titles here
19 PICTURE BOOKS 20 PICTURE BOOKSGrandissimi Classicini
The lives of men and women that Extraordinary stories
have changed the world with their in bite-size books
words, actions, inventions in 80
pages with full-colour illustrations. The world’s all-time masterpieces
re-told in simpler versions by the
best Authors of our catalogue.
64 AVAILABLE TITLES
OVER
550.000 COPIES SOLD 91 AVAILABLE TITLES
OVER
1.100.000 COPIES SOLD
Copernicus, revolutionary
of the Cosmo Lupin and the secret of the tower
Sergio Rossi Sarah Rossi
illustrated by Andrea Castellani illustrated by Giuseppe Ferrario
Socrates, rebellious thinker The Divine Comedy
Jacopo Olivieri Gisella Laterza
illustrated by Barbara Bongini illustrated by Fabio Vsintin
Illustrated anthology
Illustrated anthology
Paperback, 80 pages
Paperback, 80 pages Age: from 7
Age: from 7 Imprint: edizioni el
Imprint: Edizioni EL
MORE INFO ON
MORE INFO ON THE SERIES HERE
THE SERIES HERE
Rights sold: Hungarian, Turkish, Rights sold: Castilian, Albanian,
Castilian (Latin America), Roma- Turkish, Portuguese (Portugal
nian, Serbian only), Greek, Serbian
21 GRANDISSIMI 22 CLASSICINIEdizioni EL - Einaudi Ragazzi - Emme Edizioni
Via J. Ressel 5, 34018 San Dorligo della Valle (Trieste) Italy
tel: +39 040 3880313, fax: +39 040 3880330
www.edizioniel.com
FOREIGN RIGHTS:
Mara Nascimben - nascimben@edizioniel.it
Spanish and Portuguese
speaking countries
Sandra Rodericks
Ute Körner Literary Agent
C/Aragó, 224-pral-2
ES-08011 Barcelona, Spain
tel: +34 93 3238970
fax: +34 93 4514869
e-mail: office@uklitag.com
www.uklitag.com
photograph of Gianni Rodari
For any information on the rights of
the Andersen Prize winner Gianni Rodari
please contact Gaia Stock - stock@edizioniel.it
and visit www.100giannirodari.comYou can also read
